DQ2 was so kino

New Brandish and rerelease of the old ones in a collection

I feel like a honking tryhard douche for using phrases like "Game Literacy" but it's kinda one of those things right like you just need to know like "Oh hey some games use difficulties as warning signs and encouragement to explore other places" and now you can *make* a decision.

Like I don't think it's even wrong to criticize the start of DS1 or w/e it's not perfect, but it's a modern assumption that if you can go somewhere, this is content ideal for you now. More and more people stop learning to listen to their virtual pain receptors and give up their agency.

I actually don't think he has a portrait in this version. I'm skimming through an LP on youtube by a fellow named Duke Donuts who played it on real hardware and it's just textboxes.

Definitely the Sharp X68000 version